9-Year-Old Cancer Survivor's Knots & Arrows Kickstarter Hits Goal, Raises $27K

WYCKOFF, N.J. — Rebecca Salmins' Kickstarter campaign has not only reached her goal of raising $25,000 for her cancer-fighting bracelet business, she's blown it out of the water.

Salmins is a 9-year-old cancer survivor. She is a leukemia survivor and went through hundreds of days of chemotherapy. Her father Gerhard was diagnosed with cancer as a young adult. They were both treated at Hackensack University Medical Center and have worked with Eli Manning to raise $4 million for the Tackle Kids Cancer Foundation.

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The father-daughter team launched a Kickstarter campaign less than two weeks ago for Knots & Arrows — a business they founded. They will make and sell homemade bracelets and donate the proceeds to the foundation. The initial kickstarter campaign is to get the business off the ground.

Nearly $8,000 was donated in the first day and more just kept coming.

The campaign has received national attention in recent days, with a story even appearing on Buzzfeed.

The family expressed its excitement online after the $25,000 goal was reached Friday.

The Kickstarter campaign will be live for another 17 days.

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Rebecca Salmins, 9 — Courtesy of the Salmins family